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Hockey Match against Kirkham
13 Nov 2008
Hockey Match against Kirkham
On Thursday 6th November the school Hockey A team went to play against Kirkham. The team consisted of: Rikki, Pheobe, Alex, Matthew, George, Sam and myself, Joe .
It was an extremely tough match, everyone played brilliantly. In the first half both teams had a tough defence and no one managed to score.
Early in the second half, Kirkham managed to run past our defence, followed by another quick goal, making it 2-0 to Kirkham. Rikki then scored, but unfortunately Kirkham did also. Late in the second half Rikki then scored again.
The final score was 3-2 to Kirkham. Although we lost the whole team played well and we were happy to score 2 goals because last year the score was 0-0.
Player of the match go’s to everybody!
Highfield B vs Broughton B
13 Nov 2008
We started off with some brilliant shots from long range in the first half from George and Bradley which all of them came one or two inches away from the net. Soon after we had a fantastic shot from George in our own half and it soared into the back of the net. Unfortunately we conceded a goal almost straight after as we had some sloppy defending from a corner. At half time the score was
3-3. We kicked off in the second half and had some crazy shots from the halfway line but all of them missed. As we tried to score we unfortunately conceded 4 goals in the process and only scored 1. As the second half whistle went the final score was 8-4. Despite our defeat we had many talents in the squad like Georges quick feet, Bradleys excellent passing, Bens accurate shots, Sris slide tackles, Adityas blockage skills, Johns lob passes, Christopher’s fantastic saves and my wing play. This was our first match as a team and played well and are ready for our upcoming fixtures.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH:
Ben
Netball Report Highfield (2) v St. Pius X (5)
10 Nov 2008
Netball Report
Highfield (2) v St. Pius X (5)
On the 5th of November Highfield A team played St. Pius at home. The team consisted of Georgina, Preana, Amelia, Phoebe, Ella, Henrietta and myself.
In the first half we had to move around the court very quickly to keep up with our opponents. Pius’s centre was a very good player and was stopping us from gaining possession of the ball so therefore we struggled to have many attempts at shooting.
The score at the end of the first half was 5-0.
We played much better in the second half of the match because we were determined to beat Pius. We moved around the court much quicker and gained possession of the ball more often. Good passing from Georgina and Henrietta created quite a lot of attempts at goal and we managed to score 2.
The final score was 5-2 to St. Pius.
Man of the Match goes to
Beth H
Preston Schools football Tournamnet on Tuesday 3rd November at Vida
07 Nov 2008
Under 11 Football came second in the Preston Schools Football Tournament narrowly losing 4 – 3 in the final.
Well done to all the boys involved and Mr Turner.
ISA National Swimming Gala
07 Nov 2008
After the success of the ISA Swimming Gala in Stockport where the Under 11 Girls were crowned champions the team consisted of Portia, Emilia, and Ella.
Ryan in year 6, Ben and Ella in Year 5 and Joseph in Year 4 have all been selected to represent the North of England in the ISA National Swimming Gala in Coventry on Saturday 22nd November. Good Luck
I.S.A Swimming Gala Report
27 Oct 2008
I.S.A Swimming Gala Report
On Saturday the 18th of October, the year 4, 5, and 6 swimming team travelled to Stockport to take part in the I.S.A North area swimming Gala. In the under 10 age group Joseph, Rachel, Sam and Ruth all qualified for finals on the night with Joseph coming 4th in the freestyle in a time of 18.87. The year 5 team had an excellent night in the pool with several first and second places in the finals. Ben came 1st in Freestyle; Ella came 2nd in freestyle and breaststroke. Matthew came 2nd in breaststroke and Emilia came 2nd in breaststroke. All the year 5 team qualified for finals on the night. The year 6 team also had good results, with Ryan coming 4th,and both Joe and I coming 6th in the finals of individual events.
Overall the under 11 girls won a trophy on the night and are North swimming champions. We will wait to hear who is selected for the National swimming gala. We all tried very hard and should feel justifiably proud .Well done to everyone and a big thank you to Miss Sykes for organising and encouraging us on the night.
Tag Rugby Tournament at Giggleswick School
27 Oct 2008
On 22nd October Highfield Tag Rugby squad set off to Giggleswick for a tournament. The team consisted of Rikki, Mitch, Matthew, George, Callum, Ryan and myself.
Our 1st match was against Giggleswick A team. We had many good passes but were paid back with a 5-2 score to Giggleswick A. Our 2nd match was against St.Pius A team. We battled hard and our attacking was great but St.Pius took their chances when gaps appeared. The final score was 6-4. Our 3rd match was against Hunter Hall A team. We really wanted to have pay back for our most recent match against them but unfortunately lost 5-2. Our 4th and final match was against Giggleswick C team. We expected this would be our easiest match as it was a C team but we were proven wrong with a nail biting game as we won narrowly 6-5.
We had many talents in the A team, George’s quick feet on the ball, Callum’s supporting work, Rikki’s powerful runs, Matthew’s sprints, Ryan’s quick thinking, Mitch’s possession play and my defending. With tries from Rikki, Ryan, Matthew, Callum, George and myself we came 3rd in our group. This was our 1st tournament of the season so we did extremely well to come 3rd.
We also took along a B team which did well coming 2nd with a loss against Hunter Hall B 5-3, a win against Giggleswick C 4-3 and another win against Giggleswick B 5-1. With tries from Ben, Sam, Matthew Newby, Nathan and Joe the B team did even better in their 1st appearance as a team in tag rugby.
We would like to thank Miss Sykes and Mr Duke for organising this tournament and driving us to and from the venue.
Netball Report
20 Oct 2008
Highfield (0) v SMH (4)
On the 16th of October Highfield A team travelled to SMH for our second netball match of the year. The team consisted of Georgina, Preana, Amelia, Phoebe, Ella, Henrietta and myself.
We all felt we played much better than last week and we did some great passing which meant we had lots of attempts to shoot but unfortunately missed them all. Georgina as Wing Attack did some great defending which stopped SMH getting more goals.
Special thanks must go to Portia who stepped in as Goal Attack for the second half as Henrietta hurt her ankle just before half time.
The final score was 4-0 to SMH
Man of the Match goes to Georgina.
Beth
Preston Schools Football Tournament at VIDA
20 Oct 2008
On the 14th October the Highfield football A team went to play a tournament against different schools. The team consisted of Sam, Nathan, Matthew, Mitch, Ryan, Ollie, Umar and me (Rikki). In the tournament there were four groups of five in our group were Broughton, Grange, Eldon and St Anthony’s.
For the first game we played St Anthony’s, we got off to a great start with Matthew having a shot from the half-way line and with a stroke of luck, pace and power from the shot the keeper dropped the ball and it went past the line. A couple of seconds after the kick off Nathan scored from the outside of our area to make it 2-0. Again only a couple of minutes later I scored twice to make the final score 4-0 which was very good considering there were five minute games.
As we started the second game against Grange we got off to a good start with Ollie scoring early. Not long later Mitch scored followed closely by me to make the final score 3-0.
As our penultimate game of the day we played Broughton which we knew would be our hardest game as we had been informed by Matthew and Ryan that they had a player called Ben Woodall who was really good, but that didn’t stop us trying our best. As the game kicked off we were quite shaky but soon we got into the game more and I scored a goal from just outside the area. Even though we had just scored there heads didn’t drop and scored two goals one of which was a penalty. Even though I equalised they unfortunately scored again to make the final score 3-2 to Broughton.
For the final game we played Eldon with Umar scoring quite early and Ryan following. They managed to get one back but Umar managed to score again to make the final score 3-1.
During the tournament we all had our special strengths and talents, for Sam it was his safe hands, for Nathan and Matthew it was there rock solid defending, for Umar it was his skills, for Ollie it was his pace, for me it was my powerful shots and for Ryan and Mitch it was there superb passing.
As the tournament was unable to finish we don’t know if we got through to the next round lets hope for the best.
Football against Grange ISA Umbro Cup
20 Oct 2008
At Preston Sports Arena
On Thursday 16th October we went to play Grange. The team consisted of Sam, Matthew Potts, Nathan, Callum, Ollie, Mitch, Ryan, Umar, Matthew and me. We didn’t get off to a great start with Grange scoring quite early. Grange managed to get passed our defence again to score another goal. Close to the end of the half Ryan managed to score to make the score at half time 2-1.
After a team talk with Mr Turner, we started the second half. Around the middle of the half they scored. Even though it was 3-1 at the time we still had enough determination to score with a goal from Matthew. A couple of seconds after Matthew had scored they managed to score again, making the final score 4-2 to Grange.
Man of the match Sam
Football V Arnold
10 Oct 2008
Football vs Arnold
On Friday 3rd October the football A team played Arnold away, the team consisted of Ryan (who was playing in net because Sam was sick), Matthew, Calum, Mitch, Ollie, Umar and me Rikki. We had a shaky start and Arnold scored quite early. During the middle of the first half Arnold scored again.
At half time we were given a good team talk from Mr Turner, I was put in net, and we started the second half, we played a lot better than but they still managed to score. Not long after they scored Ryan scored to get one back for us and make the score 3-1. Even though we had got one back they managed to score again to make the final score 4-1 to Arnold.
A special mention must go to Callum and Ollie as it was there first game for the A team.
Man of the match Ryan
Netball V Arnold
10 Oct 2008
Highfield (1) v Arnold (10)
Away
On the 8th of October Highfield A team travelled to Arnold for our first netball match of the year. The team consisted of Georgina, Preana, Amelia, Phoebe, Ella, Henrietta and myself.
It was perfect weather for playing outdoors. The Arnold girls are always tough competition and this match was no exception.
In the first half Arnold played very well and made us work really hard to gain control of the ball. A special mention has to go to Phoebe and Preana who had to work extremely hard in defence. At the end of the first half the score was 8-0 to Arnold.
After half time we managed to get more possession of the ball in the second half. Some good passing between Preana and Georgie gave Henrietta the opportunity to score a great goal.
The final score was 10-1 to Arnold.
Man of the Match goes to Ella.
Hockey Match against Hunter Hall
07 Oct 2008
On Wednesday 1st of October The Hockey A team played a match against Hunter Hall. The Team consisted of Sam , Alex S, Rikki, Georgina , Phoebe , Matthew and myself. It was a tough match, and two goals were scored by Hunter Hall in the first 3 minutes. After an encouraging team talk from Miss Sykes we started the second half. Hunter Hall scored another early goal, but then Rikki and I both scored goals. Unfortunately Hunter Hall scored again making the final score 4-2 to Hunter Hall.
Player of the Match was Rikki.
Hockey Match against Arnold
07 Oct 2008
On Friday 3rd of October the Hockey A team played a match against Arnold School. The team consisted of Ben, Nathan, Alex , Phoebe, George, Georgina and Myself. We played well in the first half, but despite this Arnold managed to score 2 goals. We had some good crosses but were intercepted by Arnold players. After some encouraging words from Mr. Duke we played better in the second half. And stopped many opportunities for Arnold. At the end of the match I managed to score a goal making the final score 3-1 to Arnold
Player of the match was Nathan for brilliant defending at the back.
Tag Rugby Match vs. Hunter Hall
07 Oct 2008
On the 1st of October, Highfield Priory went to a tag rugby match away to Hunter Hall. The team consisted of:
Ryan , Rikki , Georgina , Umar ,Matthew, Phoebe and myself. We arrived at Hunter Hall at 1:55 and after watching the hockey players play their match we had a quick warm-up and then went straight into the game. We had a slow start losing a try in the first 2 minutes but we came back and had 4 well crafted tries by our team. At half time the score was 6-4 to Hunter Hall and after a quick team talk by Miss. Sykes and myself, we started the second half.
We had an excellent start to the half scoring two tries in quick succession. The final score was 12-9 to Hunter Hall. Even though we lost the match, the whole team played well considering it was our first match of the year. A special mention should go to Rikki for his 5 expertly crafted tries that somehow kept us in the game!!
Also a special thanks must go to Miss. Sykes for organising this match and driving us to the venue.
Player of the Match
Ryan
Year 6 Hockey Coaching Day with England Hockey players Matt Taylor and Alistair Wilson
01 Oct 2008
On Monday 22nd September the year 6 hockey players traveled to Casterton School for a coaching session with Matt Taylor former England Hockey player and Alasdair Wilson who has just returned from the Beijing Olympic Games.
The pupils learnt many new skills and really enjoyed the day and it was a great opportunity to talk to an Olympian.
England Players give Hockey Coaching Session
29 Sep 2008
Matt Taylor and Alastair Wilson gave Year 6 hockey players a coaching session at Casterton School - see pictures in sports gallery.
Infant Sports Day Report
10 Jul 2008
This year the Infant Sports Day had an Olympic Games Theme. All the infant children were put into country which they represented for the afternoon. The children took part in several stations throughout the afternoon varying from hurdles, relay, sack race egg and spoon race and over and under arm throwing. The wining gold medal country was Australia, second place was Denmark an the third place country was South Africa.
Beech House Athletics competition
10 Jul 2008
On Tuesday 1st July the year 3,4,5 and 6 traveled to Beech House school to compete in an Athletics fixture against four other schools .
The year 3 team achieved 8 – 1st places. The year four team achieved 3 – 1st places 2 – 2nd places, 1 – 3rd place and 1 – 5th place. The year 5 team achieved 1 – 1st place, 4 – 2nd places and 3 3rd places. The year 6 team achieved 7 – 1st places and 1 2nd . Overall Highfield came first with 108 points and won 23 medals.
Preston Athletics’ Championships
On the 2nd July the year 5 and 6 team traveled to Preston sports arena to compete against 20 other schools to try and become Preston Athletics Champions.
The track events started well with Ellie, me and Alex coming first in their races. And Oscar came a very close 2nd in the 100m. in the field events Megan came 2nd in the speed bounce, Olivia came 2nd in the triple jump. James beet came 2nd and Hannah came 1st in the rounders ball.
In the relays the boys and girls team qualified for the final. With the boys team coming 3rd and the girls coming 1st . overall Highfield were crowned Presto Athletics Champions 2008 with a massive 80 points
ISA North Football Finals
28 Apr 2008
On Thursday 24th April the Football team went to Ladybarn School in Cheadle for the finals of the ISA North Cup. The team consisted of Ryan, Rikki, Matthew, Andrew, James, Henry C, Henry K, Jordan, Mitchell, me and our physio Francesco. In the semi-final we played the hosts Ladybarn. In the first half Ladybarn had lots of chances but some brilliant saves by Andrew made the half-time score 2-0 to Ladybarn.
In the second half we had a lot more chances but we couldn’t score. About five minutes before the end Ladybarn scored again. Making the final score 3-0 to Ladybarn.
Next we had Prenton in the 3rd and 4th play off. Early on Prenton went 3-0 up. But then Henry C cut inside and hit and left-footed shot into the bottom corner. At half time the score was 3-1 to Prenton.
In the second half there was some good attacking play by James and soon he scored. A few minutes later I picked the ball up from a corner and ran down the pitch and slotted the ball past the keeper. Making the final score 3-3. We were getting ready for penalties but then the Prenton coach said that we weren’t doing penalties and we would come 3rd equal.
The overall winner’s were the favourites Altrincham, and we did really well to get so far.
Player of the Match – Oscar
Tag Rugby Match v Fulwood and Cadley School
28 Mar 2008
On Tuesday 25th March Highfield played Fulwood & Cadley School.
The team consisted of: James, Henry, Henry , James ,
Oscar , Hannah and Ellie and Alex.
Highfield were brilliant at defending when the opposition had the ball. Every person in the Highfield squad at least scored a try and at half time, Highfield were winning 6-4.
In the second half of the game, Highfield had the advantage because we got to start with the ball. We scored many tries in the second half.
The final score was 14-9 to Highfield. Everybody played well throughout the match.
Man of the match was Oscar
By Francesco
Tag Rugby
20 Mar 2008
On the 27th February, the Highfield tag rugby played two matches against St. Andrews and Roebuck. The team consisted of:
Henry , James , Andrew , Francesco , Oscar , Hannah , Alex and Ellie and me Henry .
Our first match came against St. Andrews and a lively first half from both teams and a lot of tries meant that the score at half time was 5-5. In the second half Highfield improved and turned the ball over a lot of times and 4 tries from St. Andrews and 7 tries from Highfield brought the final score to 12-9 to Highfield.
Our next match was against Roebuck and a closely contested first half meant that the score at half time was 4-2 to Highfield. In the second half Highfield once again started to win the ball back and 3 tries from Roebuck and 6 tries from Highfield brought the final score to 10-5 to Highfield.
Player of the matches: James
Preston School's Swimming Gala
20 Mar 2008
On Thursday 13th March 2008 Highfield swam superbly in the Preston Schools Swimming Gala.
The team consisted of Ella, Larissa, Emma, Olivia, Andrew, Francesco, Henry and myself. There were some spectacular individual and team performances.
Highfield began the gala with a 2nd place from myself in the girls frontcrawl, swiftly followed by Francesco who came 3rd in the boys frontcrawl. Emma took 1st place in the girls breastroke and Henry took 2nd place in the boys breastroke. Then Larissa was given 2nd place in the girls backstroke after much deliberation, as it looked like she and the other swimmer had touched the wall at the very same time. ( she was robbed of 1st place – our unbiased opinion of course!) After this Andrew swiftly took 1st in the boys backstroke.
Highfield were 1st place overall at the halfway point of the gala. Then when we took 2nd places in the freestyle relay and the medley relay we slipped back into 2nd place overall, losing first place by only two points!
Both Emma and Andrew went through to the final on Friday 14th March when Emma took 2nd place in the breastroke and Andrew took 3rd place in the backstroke.
Congratulations to you all, everyone swam brilliantly.
Swimmer of the gala was the whole team for their combined, excellent performance.
Report by Hannah
Netball Match V St Pius X
17 Mar 2008
On Tuesday 26th February, Highfield’s A team went to play an exciting netball match against St Pius X.
The team consisted of: Ellie , Alex Emma , Hannah Anam , Katie , Nicola and myself. The match was twelve minutes each way.
The first half of the match went extremely well, with Highfield scoring every few minutes, and great defence whenever St Pius X tried to score. When twelve minutes was over, we swapped ends and began another twelve minutes of netball.
Again, Highfield was scoring goals frequently, and the defence was strong. Emma’s shooting skills were amazing, as she shot two incredible goals from the edge of the goal-circle. By this time, we were very confident and played as well as possible. St Pius X managed to score two goals, but we kept playing strongly.
The final score was a super 9 - 2 to Highfield.
Player of the match is awarded to Ellie.
Well Done!
St Marys Hockey Tournament
09 Mar 2008
St Marys Hockey Tournament Wednesday 5th March 2008
On the 5th March Highfield went to play a hockey tournament at St Mary’s Hall and we played 4 matches.
The team consisted of:
Katie , Emma , Olivia , Ellie and Alex, Hannah , Naomi , Ellie B and Nicola.
Highfield v St Mary’s Hall
This was a really tough match as it was their A team, in the first half Highfield had a short corner but didn’t manage to get the ball in. After half time Highfield played strongly but St Mary’s Hall managed to score. The score was 0-1.
Highfield v Sedbergh
This match was easier with Katie managing to get the ball past the defenders and scoring twice after half time the score was 2-0. In the second half there was some good passing and Highfield managed to score another two times by Olivia and Hannah.
Highfield v Arnold
Again this match was a tough match but despite that the defenders and attackers still played really strong, we also had several shoots at the goal but their defenders managed to get the ball of us at half time the score was 0-0. After half time Arnold just managed to score.
Highfield v St Mary’s Hall
This match was to win the plate tournament, for the first half Highfield had 99% possession of the ball. After half time Highfield still had a strong possession of the ball and within the last 10 seconds of the match SMH b team managed to break past the barrier and managed to score.
a very big congratulations to the whole team but especially to Ellie because it was her first time in goal for a whole tournament and doing terrific saves.
The players of the match goes to the whole team for doing so well in the tournament.
By Nicola (Hockey Captain)
National Cross Country Final.
09 Mar 2008
Independent Schools Association (ISA) National Cross Country Final 2008
Two year 6 pupils Alex and James competed in the Independent Schools Association (ISA) National Cross Country Final at Princethorpe College in Rugby on Friday 29th February.
They both represented the North Team which consisted of 8 runners in this National Event on a very cold and windy day.
James came 47th and Alex came 64th
Well done to both these Highfield Priory pupils.
Miss Sykes
Netball Match V St Pius X
02 Mar 2008
On the 26 February Highfield went to St Pius x to play a netball match. The team consisted of Hayley, Naomi, Beth, Georgie, Nicola, Perana and myself. In the first half there was lots of good passing with some fantastic moves by the team. This led to our first goal scored by Hayley.
Towards the end of the first half we managed to steal the ball from St Pius x and pass it down the left hand side of the court through the Wing Attack and Centre into the third quarter to Hayley. Perana scored our second goal following a brilliant pass from Hayley.
St Pius x came back at us and managed to score there first goal before the whistle blew for Half Time.
After an !!!!!!!! Team Talk Highfield where ready to start the second half. With St Pius x taking the first centre they where quick to get the ball through Highfield’s defence and into the net with what I have to say was, a great goal.
Highfield were determined to score again and with that determination the defenders managed to block another shot on goal by St Pius x and pass the ball through Naomi, Georgie on to Ellie through to Beth and into the net with only 5 minuets of play left. The goal scored by Hayley was a welcome relief for the B Team.
Highfield Won 3-2
The Player of the Match was Hayley
By Ellie
Captain for the Match
ISA (N) Cross Country Championships
10 Feb 2008
The ISA (N) cross country championships took place on Thursday at John Leigh Park, Wigan. Miss Sykes was very impressed with all our competitors and many congratulations must go to Alex, Henry and James who all qualified for the Nationals, to be held in Rugby at the end of February. See more photos in photo gallery.
Hockey -Highfield V Arnold
30 Nov 2007
We played extremely well and some good tackling Highfield managed to get possession on the ball but Arnold managed to score and by the end of the first half the score was 3-0.
After half time we played strongly and some good attacking and defending. But Arnold managed to score another gaol making their final score 4-0.
The player of the match was Nicola .